Lesson 4.3.3.4

4.3.3.4 Cognitive explanations of gender development Quiz: AQA Psychology, Unit 3

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The 20 questions

  1. According to Kohlberg, how many main stages of cognitive gender development do children pass through?

    • Five
    • Four
    • Three
    • Two

  2. At around what age do children typically achieve gender identity in Kohlberg's theory?

    • Six to seven
    • Two to three
    • Ten to eleven
    • Four to five

  3. In Kohlberg's theory, what is the understanding that gender remains constant over time called?

    • Gender stability
    • Gender identity
    • Gender constancy
    • Gender schema

  4. In Kohlberg's theory, which stage is reached when children realise gender is fixed across situations?

    • Gender stability
    • Gender schema
    • Gender identity
    • Gender constancy

  5. What is the correct order of stages in Kohlberg's theory of gender development?

    • Identity, constancy, stability
    • Constancy, identity, stability
    • Identity, stability, constancy
    • Stability, identity, constancy

  6. A child knows their gender is fixed over time, but changes with hair length. Which Kohlberg stage is this?

    • Gender schema
    • Gender constancy
    • Gender identity
    • Gender stability

  7. In Martin and Halverson's theory, what term describes a mental framework organising gender information?

    • Gender identity
    • Gender script
    • Gender constancy
    • Gender schema

  8. According to Martin and Halverson, gender schemas begin to form immediately after reaching which stage?

    • Gender stability
    • Egocentrism
    • Gender identity
    • Gender constancy

  9. In gender schema theory, what term describes the schema a child holds about their own sex?

    • Vicarious schema
    • Out-group schema
    • In-group schema
    • Collective schema

  10. At which stage of Kohlberg's theory do children realise gender remains constant over time and situations?

    • Gender schema
    • Gender identity
    • Gender stability
    • Gender constancy

  11. Kohlberg's theory is criticised for underestimating which external influence on gender development?

    • Biological maturation
    • Chromosomal factors
    • Social learning
    • Cognitive processing

  12. Gender schema theory explains gender development occurring much earlier than which other theory?

    • Kohlberg's theory
    • Biological theory
    • Psychodynamic theory
    • Social learning theory

  13. A child learns that dolls are 'for girls' and then avoids them, even when offered by a friend who is a boy. Which theory best explains this?

    • Holism
    • Idiographic analysis
    • Hard determinism
    • Gender schema theory

  14. What happens to gender-inconsistent information when processed by a young child's gender schema?

    • Distorted or forgotten
    • Immediately accepted
    • Triggers gender constancy
    • Stored permanently

  15. Unlike social learning theory, Kohlberg's theory views the child in gender development as what?

    • A passive learner
    • A biological vessel
    • An active agent
    • An unconscious reactor

  16. What cognitive construct in gender schema theory is difficult to measure directly?

    • Chromosomal structure
    • Biological sex
    • Internal schemas
    • External behaviours

  17. A child who understands that a boy stays a boy even if he plays with dolls has most likely reached which stage?

    • Gender identity
    • Gender constancy
    • Gender stability
    • Gender labelling only

  18. What stage of Kohlberg's theory involves simply labelling oneself as a boy or girl?

    • Gender identity
    • Gender constancy
    • Gender schema
    • Gender stability

  19. A child understands gender is fixed over time, but confused by appearance changes. Name this stage.

    • Gender schema
    • Gender constancy
    • Gender identity
    • Gender stability

  20. Which cognitive process does gender schema theory highlight to explain why children ignore gender-inconsistent information?

    • Selective attention
    • Unconscious repression
    • Vicarious reinforcement
    • Classical conditioning

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